美圖

Chinese

		beautiful	picture
trad. (美圖)		美	圖
simp. (美图)		美	图

Etymology

From 美圖 (Meitu), a company, and its photo-editing software 美圖秀秀 (MeituPic) popular amongst Chinese.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): měitú

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄟˇ ㄊㄨˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mei⁵ tou⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: měitú
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄟˇ ㄊㄨˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: měitú
    • Wade–Giles: mei³-tʻu²
    • Yale: měi-tú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: meeitwu
    • Palladius: мэйту (mɛjtu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /meɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʰu³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mei⁵ tou⁴
    • Yale: méih tòuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mei⁵ tou⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: méi⁵ tou⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mei̯¹³ tʰou̯²¹/

Verb

美圖

1. (image manipulation) to photoshop
   • 2017 March 13, “袁咏仪发照不美图，曹颖变脸谢大脚，锥子脸这么好？”, in 新浪网 [sina.cn]‎^[1]:

     没有经过美图的照片皮肤看起来虽然不是特别白皙 [MSC, simp.]
     沒有經過美圖的照片皮膚看起來雖然不是特別白皙 [MSC, trad.]

     méiyǒu jīngguò měitú de zhàopiàn pífū kàn qǐlái suīrán bùshì tèbié báixī [Pinyin]

     [In this] photo that hasn't been photoshopped, even though the skin does not appear to be particularly white, [...]

   • 2018 June 18, “孫燕姿素顏晒糉度佳節：美圖是我好朋友”, in 東網 [on.cc]‎^[2]:

     不過孫燕姿就自爆美圖先有呢個效果 [Cantonese, trad.]
     不过孙燕姿就自爆美图先有呢个效果 [Cantonese, simp.]

     bat¹ gwo³ syun¹ jin³ zi¹ zau⁶ zi⁶ baau³ mei⁵ tou⁴ sin¹ jau⁵ ni¹ go³ haau⁶ gwo² [Jyutping]

     But Stefanie Sun exposes that it is only through photoshopping that this effect is achieved.

   • 2023, “過度關注組”, in Juntos‎^[3], performed by RubberBand:

     幾多天仙　經過美圖虛張過 [Literary Cantonese, trad.]
     几多天仙　经过美图虚张过 [Literary Cantonese, simp.]

     gei² do¹ tin¹ sin¹, ging¹ gwo³ mei⁵ tou⁴ heoi¹ zoeng¹ gwo³ [Jyutping]

     How often has "beauty" been exaggerated through photoshopping?

Synonyms

• P
• PS
• P圖 / P图 (pītú)
• 修圖 / 修图 (xiūtú)
• 執相 / 执相